The 32-year-old playmaker has been linked with a move to incoming MLS side Orlando City for many years, as Brazilian owner Flavio Augusto da Silva is close friends with the Brazilian national team player and Kaka has spoken about his wish to play in North America’s top-flight on more than one occasion.

Now Kaka’s move to Orlando and MLS is all but secured. ProSoccerTalk contacted Orlando City to confirm the story, but they could not confirm the deal. However Orlando have since released a statement to the press that a “major player announcement” will be made on Tuesday morning and that a press conference is set, presumably with Kaka.

Ahead of Orlando’s 2015 entry into MLS, they have finally got their man with Kaka expected to sign for Orlando on Monday evening. He is then set to join his first club Sao Paulo in Brazil on loan, ahead of Orlando’s inaugural season in MLS starting in March 2015.

With a large Brazilian population in Orlando, plus his status as an icon of the global game, Kaka’s presence as the leading light of the new MLS expansion franchise will help spread their name across the world.

More details on exactly how all of this will appear in the coming days, but one thing that is confirmed is that Kaka has left AC Milan and is now a free agent who is free to sign for Orlando. La Rossoneri Tweeted out the following message on Monday, as they thanked Kaka for his services to the club. Kaka scored 104 goals in 307 appearances during his two spells at Milan, either side of a four-year stint at Real Madrid, as they won the UEFA Champions League in 2007. The former World Player of the Year also helped Brazil win the World Cup in 2002.